The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-29
Affairs at Reading

SHAAoKIN, Dec 'mber 18-The Read
ing Railroad Knights of LABOR here are
still out and declare they will not re-
turn TO work Until their discharged as
sociates at this place are reins ated.
Three train crews, non-uniOn men, are
at work, but there are thlTty-tVe
locomotives here without crews. The
golfers in this Locality are all idie,
owing to lack OF transportation ID
cilities. The railroad strikers however.
declare that tie miners will go on q
strike as soon as requested to do so.
Good order prevails among the strikers.
EsAD1NG, December 2S.-Goal and
freight traffic, by this morning, was
firmly re-established on the main line
of the Reading Railroad. Up to noon
to day twenty-five empty coal trains
passed through Reading from Port Rich
mond, and thirty lOadei trains from
the coal regions.
PHILADELPHIA, Decem Der 28-Around
Port Richmond, tonight, quiet prevails
every wnere. a largely attended meet
ing of local assembly 6285 was held. this
evening. This assembly is composed
of all of the employees around Port
Richmond. All OF those present were
loud in the declaration that this trouble
would be fought to a finish. One of
the executive committee OF Reading
employees convention, said after the
meeting that the order to strike in
Guided every department of the system,
even to the miners and the New York
branch. and that assurances had been
received that 1t would be generally
obeyed. N@hing but United States
mails will be hauled over the road.
READING, December 28.-The notice
of Chairman Lee, of the executive
committee, TO semblies of knights of
Labor, reyokmg the order 10 go 10 work
once more, and calling out the Phiia
delphia and leading men, has not yet
reached Reading. It will not generally
be needed by the employees VINO have
already refused to go cut and by their
action on Monday, have Oxen the
backbone of the strike. They are all at
work to-day. The call for Reading rail
road EN- pioyees' convention, to meet here
tomorrow for aggressive measures
against the company, has not created
muCn excitement, and indications. are
that II will be SHINY attended. Miners
will be most largely represented. Toe
fact that about thirty members of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
obtained engines held by Knights has
made feeling between these parties very
bitter.
There was feeling of uncertainty in
Port Richmond all DAY. and there was
some hesitation about gong on
second strike. Still 1t appeared
that some sort of order had
gone forth. and at noon 20 coal
handlers quit work. Tue leaders
claimed that they had gons on strike, |
that representatives of The company
denied that this had been the situation |
all afternoon. All along Reading the !
lines in this city are running into their
different stations, as usual, and to |
casual observers no indication |
of trouble would appear With |
the exception OF coal handlers at |
Port Richmond, there does not appear
any trouble, and dilIgent inquiry has
failed to reveal the true situation, and
although the order for strike is
generally believed to have been issued,
this material point cannot def
nitely be determined. Dispatcher
Goodman, at Port Richmond, said he
had been told by number of men dur
ing the day, that if there was another
order to strike they would probably
not obey it.